Opinion: Actions matter more than titles when fighting the opioids epidemic

by Boris Epshteyn, Chief Political Analyst

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EDITOR'S NOTE: Boris Epshteyn formerly served as a Senior Advisor to the Trump Campaign and served in the White House as Special Assistant to The President and Assistant Communications Director for Surrogate Operations.

We can cite big numbers and statistics, but the opioid crisis is felt at a personal level. It’s destroying families and your hometowns. You and I both know that concrete action is what will matter in the end.

The president and his administration are taking this crisis very seriously.

Last month, President Trump said that the opioids crisis is a national emergency. It has yet to formally be classified as such, but it is expected to be. There has been some criticism as to the delay in this formal classification.

Declaring a health crisis a national emergency is a complicated legal process, and the administration is working with the proper agencies to dot the i’s and cross the t’s.

In the meantime, though, the Trump administration is taking important steps to address this pressing issue.